Minnie Driver takes her big bump to the Big Apple

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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For years she was Minnie by name, and mini by nature.

Now, Ms Driver’s waistline is expanding - and she couldn’t be happier.

The actress was glowing as she proudly showed off her big bump while in New York yesterday, stroking it gently as she caught up with a friend between errands.

Mum to be: Minnie Driver stroked her bump as she caught up with a friend in New York yesterday

 The 38-year-old back in the US after a visit to London to promote her second album, Seastories.  

Minnie, who is due to give birth to her first child in August, recently declaring she feels "really good, happy and healthy.”

 But she hasn’t been quite so forthcoming about the identity of the child’s father.

 She has denied wide-spread reports it is San Francisco musician Craig Zolezzi, but did hint that the father is English, and "sort of in the same business."

Minnie, who has admitted the pregnancy was unplanned, added: “I want to shield the baby's dad as much as I can because it wasn't his choice to get roped into all this stuff.”

Getting ready for baby: Minnie is due to give birth in August

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